New campaign looks to quell arsonists

Crime Stoppers has launched a state-wide campaign across Victoria to target arsonists.

Crime Stoppers says almost half the state's bushfires are either deliberately lit or caused by recklessness.

The executive director of Crime Stoppers, Peter Sprott, is encouraging people to report suspicious behaviour this summer.

"Somewhere up to 50 per cent in our state appear to be deliberately or recklessly lit but detecting bushfire arsonists is problematic and probably one of the more difficult things that police undertake on a regular basis in terms of crime categories," he said.